Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Lula wins, Brazil panics, then rallies. It’s happened every time. A 16% ROE bank at 7.4x earnings and book value, down 36% in a day. Up to 3.8x

A Brazilian digital bank with 45 million clients fell 36% after Lula’s election, despite 16.3% ROE, 13 record quarters and a 7.4x earnings…

Molina & Kinsale

Molina Healthcare and Kinsale Capital’s earnings are reassessed through a long-term lens, emphasizing conviction and detachment during…

Duolingo: The 2027 Bull Case Is Hidden In The Monetization Switch

Duolingo sacrificed over $50 million of 2026 bookings to reduce free-app friction, reaccelerate daily users and target 100 million DAUs by…

DUOL $6.4B

SA Geneva Investor Oct 26 4 clicks

How to Read a 10-K Like a Short Seller

A four-layer 10-K framework tests revenue timing, receivables, reserves and depreciation against cash flow, using Hertz’s 2012-14…

WD 361: Brazil, JetBlue Bankruptcy, Mexican Airlines Merger

Brazil’s Lula victory leaves Nu and Inter’s thesis intact, while JetBlue heads toward bankruptcy and Mexican airlines pursue a merger.

💥Is Getty a Prepack in Name Only?💥

Getty Images' 2026 Chapter 11 filing is challenged as a prepack after warrant litigation, a failed Shutterstock merger and AI pressure.

Signet Jewelers (SIG): The Next Dillard’s?

Signet Jewelers cut its share count from 87 million to 38 million since 2012 as short interest reaches 15%, amid a hated diamond market.

Avalo Therapeutics: Contrarian 'Buy' Ahead Of Abdakibart's Phase 3

Avalo Therapeutics' Abdakibart enters a pivotal hidradenitis suppurativa trial after positive LOTUS data, with monthly dosing and…

AVTX $383M

SA Myriam Alvarez Oct 25 3 clicks

I went through all 142 companies in Value Line this morning. Here are the 6 that made it

Six Value Line small caps including Blackbaud, Marqeta, Ranger Energy and Definitive Healthcare trade on net cash, buybacks, low multiples…

ExlService: A Boring Compounder That Could Double

EXLService's AI-led business, 61% of revenue and growing 30% year over year, trades at 18 times forward earnings after legacy digital…

EXLS $6.3B

SA Ignacio Planas Gonzalez Oct 24 4 clicks

GTLB · long

Gitlab INC

New England Realty Associates - NYSE:NEN

New England Realty Associates, NYSE:NEN, emerged from Colonial Realty’s 1970s bankruptcy and retains roughly a third of the 1,529…

[PQ] GRND: Margin Calls & Acquisitions

Grindr received a non-binding $18-per-share acquisition offer.

Buzzi (BZU.IM): Make Italy Great Again

Buzzi SpA, an €8.9 billion Italian cement producer, is presented as the world’s best-managed cement company.

[P] BLND: Non-GAAP Research Hour

Blend Labs governance discussion focuses on reverse-engineering non-GAAP signals of upside.

Drilling Down on Disposal: Parallels Between Produced Water and Municipal Waste Disposal

WaterBridge and Secure trade at 10–11x 2025 EBITDA despite produced-water disposal economics resembling higher-multiple municipal waste…

Small Bank over 100 years old trading below cash 7x P/E buying back stock, increasing dividend, growing deposits

Citizens Bancshares (CZBS) trades below book and parent-level cash while buying back shares, raising its dividend and holding $95.7 million…

(MGGA) Make Guns Great Again

Ruger trades at a $468 million enterprise value, about 7 times normalized free cash flow, with $101 million cash and no debt as gun demand…

One-Hour Analysis: Canterbury Park (CPHC) Is Holding a Strong Hand — But Can Shareholders Cash In?

Canterbury Park’s 140-acre land bank and joint ventures could generate $3.50 to $11.50 per share in pre-tax proceeds, testing whether…

Braemar Hotels & Resort: Gross Asset Management Contract, Initiated Sales Process

Braemar Hotels & Resorts initiated a sales process and faces a gross asset management contract.